Abortion display shows the truth

Many have characterized the anti-abortion displays at Tate as “offensive,” “disrespectful” and “disgusting.” However, I think that many students have overlooked the purpose of this exhibit: to shock people (students) back into reality.

The first objection many have had to the exhibit is the grotesqueness of the images displayed. However, the main argument of pro-abortionists is that these unborn children are not children. They have succeeded in separating the inhumanity from the act of aborting a child. Seeing the small, fragile carcasses of aborted fetuses would force any sane person back into reality.

The second objection many have had to the exhibit is the demonstrators’ comparison of abortion to genocide, more specifically of blacks.

Before refuting these facts, I implore that each individual do their own research regarding the birth control movement.

Many who spearheaded this movement did so using racist ideology and ulterior motives. Once this is done, it will be difficult to classify their claims as “ridiculous,” “absurd” or “conspiratorial” in nature.

Sequoia Bates

Sophomore, Loganville

International affairs and Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Online program hurts students

It makes sense for the University to keep up with modern technology and make use of it to further education. However, using University students as a test group for eLearning Commons trades our academic success for the experiences the eLC programmers get in troubleshooting their system.

With ample space on various gmail and uga.edu e-mail systems and reliable and backed-up web servers, why not go back to having professors post files on websites or e-mail them to the class?

I’m writing this letter while I’m supposed to be studying for a test and preparing for a class, but the files I need are pent up on eLC and I can’t get to them. No More eLC!!!

Douglas Patton

Grad student, Athens

Agricultural and Applied Economics